1906 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersJohn McGraw
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The 1906 New York Giants season was the franchise's 24th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 96–56 record, 20 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 116 36 0.763 — 56–21 60–15
New York Giants 96 56 0.632 20 51–24 45–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 60 0.608 23½ 49–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 0.464 45½ 37–40 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 66 86 0.434 50 31–44 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 64 87 0.424 51½ 36–40 28–47
St. Louis Cardinals 52 98 0.347 63 28–48 24–50
Boston Beaneaters 49 102 0.325 66½ 28–47 21–55

Record vs. opponents

1906 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13 5–17 11–10–1 6–15 6–16 3–19 9–12
Brooklyn 13–9 — 6–16 8–14 9–13 8–13 9–13 13–8–1
Chicago 17–5 16–6 — 18–4 15–7–1 19–3–1 16–5 15–6–1
Cincinnati 10–11–1 14–8 4–18 — 5–16 11–11 8–14–1 12–9–2
New York 15–6 13–9 7–15–1 16–5 — 15–7 11–11 19–3
Philadelphia 16–6 13–8 3–19–1 11–11 7–15 — 8–14 13–9
Pittsburgh 19–3 13–9 5–16 14–8–1 11–11 14–8 — 17–5
St. Louis 12–9 8–13–1 6–15–1 9–12–2 3–19 9–13 5–17 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1906 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Roger Bresnahan 124 405 114 .281 0 43
1B Dan McGann 134 451 107 .237 0 37
2B Billy Gilbert 104 307 71 .231 0 27
SS Bill Dahlen 143 471 113 .240 1 49
3B Art Devlin 148 498 149 .299 2 65
OF George Browne 122 477 126 .264 0 38
OF Spike Shannon 76 287 73 .254 0 25
OF Sam Mertes 71 253 60 .237 1 33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Sammy Strang 113 313 100 .319 4 49
Frank Bowerman 92 285 65 .228 1 42
Cy Seymour 72 269 86 .320 4 42
Mike Donlin 37 121 38 .314 1 14
Doc Marshall 38 102 17 .167 0 7
Jack Hannifin 10 30 6 .200 0 3
Aleck Smith 16 28 5 .179 0 2
Frank Burke 8 9 3 .333 0 1
Matty Fitzgerald 4 6 4 .667 0 2
John McGraw 4 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe McGinnity 45 339.2 27 12 2.25 105
Christy Mathewson 38 266.2 22 12 2.97 128
Hooks Wiltse 38 249.1 16 11 2.27 125
Dummy Taylor 31 213.0 17 9 2.20 91
Red Ames 31 203.1 12 10 2.66 156

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Henry Mathewson 2 10.0 0 1 5.40 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Ferguson 22 2 0 7 2.58 32

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

Roger Bresnahan

Art Devlin

Joe McGinnity

Sammy Strang

References

  1. ^ Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference

External links


1906 MLB season by team
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